12-letter words containing k, n, o, t, h
- on the skids — a plank, bar, log, or the like, especially one of a pair, on which something heavy may be slid or rolled along.
- on the skite — on a drinking spree
- on the stick — alert, efficient, etc.
- photokinesis — movement occurring upon exposure to light.
- plinth block — a plinth interrupting a door or window architrave at the floor or ground level.
- rohnert park — a city in W California.
- short-spoken — speaking in a short, brief, or curt manner.
- smooth snake — any of several slender nonvenomous colubrid snakes of the European genus Coronella, esp C. austriaca, having very smooth scales and a reddish-brown coloration
- snatch block — a fairlead having the form of a block that can be opened to receive the bight of a rope at any point along its length.
- soup kitchen — a place where food, usually soup, is served at little or no charge to the needy.
- south korean — a country in E Asia: formed 1948 after the division of the former country of Korea at 38° N. 36,600 sq. mi. (94,795 sq. km). Capital: Seoul. Compare Korea.
- stakhanovism — a method for increasing production by rewarding individual initiative, developed in the Soviet Union in 1935.
- stakhanovite — a worker in the Soviet Union who regularly surpassed production quotas and was specially honored and rewarded.
- stockpunisht — punished by being put in stocks
- take an oath — pledge
- talking shop — If you say that a conference or a committee is just a talking shop, you disapprove of it because nothing is achieved as a result of what is discussed.
- technojunkie — a person addicted to or obsessed by new technology
- thanks a lot — thank you
- the kootenay — a lake in British Columbia: fed chiefly by the Kootenay; drains into the Columbia River
- the new look — a fashion in women's clothes introduced in 1947, characterized by long full skirts
- thessalonike — official name of Salonika.
- thessaloníki — official name of Salonika.
- throckmorton — Francis. 1554–84, English conspirator, who with French and Spanish support plotted (1583) to depose Elizabeth I in favour of Mary, Queen of Scots: executed
- tie the knot — an interlacing, twining, looping, etc., of a cord, rope, or the like, drawn tight into a knob or lump, for fastening, binding, or connecting two cords together or a cord to something else.
- to think big — If you think big, you make plans on a large scale, often using a lot of time, effort, or money.